How to Keep Tabs on COVID Through Wastewater Testing in NYC

How to Keep Tabs on COVID Through Wastewater Testing in NYC

Department of Environmental Protection microbiologist Alexander Clare helps test wastewater samples for the coronavirus inside at a lab at the Newtown Creek facility in Brooklyn, Dec. 3, 2020. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Sam Rabiyah | SEP 26, 2023 City officials monitor our sewage systems for COVID genetic material. How should you interpret the data coming […]

How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

By Suresh V. Kuchipudi | September 12, 2023 | The Conversation The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe. The Conversation asked Suresh V. Kuchipudi, a virologist and infectious disease […]

Urgent action needed to tackle stalled progress on health-related Sustainable Development Goals

Urgent action needed to tackle stalled progress on health-related Sustainable Development Goals

By PAHO Geneva, 19 May 2023 — WHO is releasing the 2023 edition of its annual World Health Statistics report with new figures on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the latest statistics on progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report with data up to 2022 underscores a stagnation of health progress on […]

COVID fatigue: cognitive behavioural therapy could help people manage persistent symptoms – new research

COVID fatigue: cognitive behavioural therapy could help people manage persistent symptoms – new research

BY:Rhiannon Phillips // TheConversation.com While COVID is no longer regarded as a global health emergency, it remains a serious disease. Notably, even mild cases can result in persistent symptoms known as long COVID, which can have wide-reaching effects on physical health, mental health and quality of life. Fatigue is a common symptom of both COVID and long COVID – around eight […]

Are We Out of the Woods With COVID?

Are We Out of the Woods With COVID?

ByPeter White Omicron variants are killing 200-300 people a day but population immunity in the U.S. is higher and more stable than a year ago. The Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco says the number of new COVID-19 cases is decreasing, wastewater infectiousness is relatively low and hospitalizations […]

COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency – here’s what that means (and what we’ve learned along the way)

COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency – here’s what that means (and what we’ve learned along the way)

By Simon Nicholas Williams// The Conversation.com World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have officially declared that COVID no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (Pheic). This coincides with the WHO’s new strategy to transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained COVID disease management. This may not change too much practically. COVID will still have pandemic status, and countries […]

PAHO and partners launch report series to support healthy aging strategies in the Americas

PAHO and partners launch report series to support healthy aging strategies in the Americas

By PAHO Washington, DC, April 17, 2023 (PAHO)- A series of reports that seek to contribute to the development of healthy aging strategies in the Americas was launched today by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with other United Nations agencies and the Inter-American System. The series – The Decade of Healthy Aging in […]

Long COVID or Post-COVID Conditions

Long COVID or Post-COVID Conditions

By cdc.gov DEFINITION Post-COVID Conditions Some people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 can experience long-term effects from their infection, known as post-COVID conditions (PCC) or long COVID. The working definition of post-COVID conditions was developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in collaboration with CDC and other partners. People […]

The Future of COVID, As the Story Unfolds

The Future of COVID, As the Story Unfolds

Covid-19 Testing booth on the street in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. August 26, 2022. (Shutterstock) Written By: Linda Nwoke Many people wonder if the COVID pandemic is over, and with news of the new variant, how bad things can get. Experts addressed some of these issues during a meeting organized by Ethnic Media Services. […]

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